THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1948
Dust on the Diamond
By Red Roth
For the first time this season,
Lion righthander Cy Miller dem
onstrated the form Coach Bedenk
knew Miller could show, when he
shut out the Bucknell Bisons on
New Beaver Field Tuesday, giv
ing up just two scratch singles.
Although it was his second win
of the campaign it was his first
really impressive hurling per
formance.
The lanky speedball artist
fanned six and permitted just two .
walks. Only four men reached
first base and one of these was
subsequently erased on a double
play.
Good Control
Particularly outstanding was
the control the Lion hurler ex
hibited, In the early frames he
was often behind the hitter, but
as the game progressed his con
trol seemed to improve inning
by inning.
He reached his peak in the, top
half of the ninth when he pitched
just one ball to each of the three
batters he faced.
In view of the fact that Miller
has a reputation for being wild,
and has gotten into lots of trou
ble this year because of free
passes, the sight must have glad
dened Coach Bedenk's heart.
The win may ease some of the
Lion mentor's sleepless nights.
Since Jim Masticola turned up
with a sore arm last week, Be
denk has had nothing but woe
as far as the„hurling corps goes.
Gehrett's tip to the showers
in last Friday's game with Pitt,
and his extra-inning loss on Sat
urday didn't brighten matters.
Thus Miller's excellent two
hitter may well remove several
creases from the Lion coach's
furrowed brow.
Many Errors
On the other side of the dia
mond, sophomore Art Raynor
turned in a fairly good hurling
job for the Bisons Tuesday, but
his mates were about as ef
fective as a sieve at holding
water.
The infield committed nine er
rors behind Raynor, and Freed,
behind the plate, was charged
with two passed balls. In addi
tion the visitors committed al-
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those ch'arged against' them in the
scorebook.
When the Bisons were afield
the game often took on the char
acter of a comedy of errors.,Ab
ner Doubleday might well have
turned over in his grave if he
had been informed about the pro
ceedings.
Although Lion hitters got to
Raynor for 10 safe blows, several
were definitely of the scratch
variety, and the majority of the
tallies were unearned.
In the lash half of the eighth
most as many me • tal errors as
Cy Miller
the Bison fielders hit a peak of
futility, allowing three Nittany
runs to cross the plate without
benefit of a hit. In the sixth
frame the Bedenkmen also scored
one marker without a hit.
"They weren't too good," one
fan summed it all up as he left
the field at the conclusion of the
game.
Gym News-letter
Gymnastic Coach Gene Wett
stone sends a monthly news-let
ter to former Nittany gymnasts
whom he coached. since coming
to the College in 1938.
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IM Track
Intramural . track, the final
sport on the IM agenda, will
start May 18 with trial heats
in the running events.
All entries must be turned
in to the IM office in Rec Hall
by 5 p.m. May 11.
Rain Postpones
Lion-Bison Fray
The weatherman once again
spoiled Coach Sherm Fogg's net
ters' attempts to notch victory
number three of the current ten
nis season when rain caused
postponement of yesterday's
match against Bucknell's tennis
Bisons.
This is the second time that
weather has caused postponement
of a net meet. The first time was
last week when the Lion was
slated to engage the Bison in a
tennis series at Lewisburg. The
Nittanyites lost their opening
meet against a formidable tennis
array from Colgate.
After dropping this contest,
the Blue and White came back
strong to blast Bucknell, 8-1. The
Dukes from Duquesne were the
Lions' next victim, succumbing
by a 6-3 count.
Tennis
"Lake Beaver," a new body of
water in th e vicinity of what was
the tennis courts, prevented com
pletion of first-round competi
tion in the intramural tennis
eliminations.
However, three games did slide
by the weatherman before the
courts became soaked.
Hetrick and Miers, ATO, shut
out Eberhart and Robertson, Del
ta Tau Delta, 6-0, 6-0; Halpern
and Berg, Beta Sigma Rho, top
ped Clark and Bailey, Sigma Phi
Sigma, 6-3, 6-3, and Brodie and
Hirsh, Phi Epsilon Pi - went to
three games, in an evenly contest
ed match to down Heckert and
Olewine, DU, 8-6, 4-6, 7-5.
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Unbeaten Golfers To Face
Three Foes in EIGA Playoffs
Fresh from a victorious en
counter with the Bisons of Buck
nell, whom they defeated 8-1, the
Blue and White golf team is look
ing forward to the Eastern Inter
collegiate Golf Association play
offs at Pittsburgh this weekend.
The Nittanymen will meet
Pittsburgh, Cornell and Army at
the Oakmont Country Club at
Pittsburgh tomorrow and Satur
day. The Panthers will furnish
the opposition tomorrow morn
ing, Cornell in the afternoon, and
Army Saturday morning.
The winners of the various
semi-finals held throughout the
eastern part of the country will
meet at Atlantic City May 15.
Playing on a course that was
soggy and in poor condition be
cause of previous rains, the Nit-
Intramural Sports
Track
Six events, three track and
three field, will comprise the in
tramural track meet starting May
18. This elimination is the last
event on , the College's IM pro
gram.
Starting with the 100-yard
dash, the running events
include the 440-yard dash
and the 880-yard relay with four
men in each team.
Three field events, the high
jump, broad jump and the 16-
pound shot put, complete the list
on the program.
Each organization may enter
not mere than two men in each
event, but one individual may
compete .in two running events.
In the relay, an organization may
enter only one team.
Scoring will be run on the
basis of place with the event win
ner receiving. 5 points and the
fifth place winner receiving 1
point.
Fraternity championship will
be determined by the total num-
PAGE FIVE
tanymen Tuesday extended their
win streak at the expense of
Bucknell. The Lions had pre
viously defeated Georgetown in
two encounters on the local links.
Tuesday's scoring:
Don Hart (PS) defeated Jim
Waddell, 4 and 3.
Jerry Smith (PS) defeated Don
Montgomery, 1 up.
Penn State won best ball, 3
and 2.
Alan Hack (PS) defeated Bill
•Allen, 2 and 1.
Joe Spicer (Bucknell) defeated
Ramon Peterson, 1 up; 19th hole.
Best ball PS, 1 up; 20th hole.
Jim Noble (PS) defeated Don
Thomas, 3 and 2.
Joe Boyle (PS) defeated Nos-'
man Slick, 7 and 6.
Lions won best ball, 7 and 6.
ber of points and the indepen
dent winners will receive the
usual intramural awards.
Physical examinations will be
required for all men who are
entered in the running events.
Dates of examinations will be as
signed when the entries are filed.
Softball
Rain caused - postponement of
the initial softball tourney for
over a week but the sun finally
broke through the clouds to en
able the handballers to complete
four games this week.
Phi Sigma Kappa won its first
game by shutting out Alpha
Zeta, 3-0, behind the brilliant
hurling of Jerry Roth. Roth lim
ited his opponents to a single late
in the seventh inning.
Delta Upsilon whitewashed Al
pha Chi Rho by a 21-5 score.
Footballer Bob Hicks pitched for
the victors. He was never in any
trouble as his teammates pounded
out enough hits in two innings
to surpass the dozen mark.
In other games of the evening,
Phi Kappa Sigma won a one
sided game over Pi Lambda Phi,
13-3, and Sigma Phi Epsilon
edged Triangle, 10-8.
Witmer-
Continued from page four
he will be able to play when
practice resumes next fall. Broth
er Ralph's kicking has been im
pressive in practice sessions to
date.
Two varsity booters are miss
ing from spring drills—John
Campbell, who is playing on the
jayvee lacrosse team and Hal
Hackman who holds down a
shortstop spot on Coach Bedenk's
baseball nine.
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